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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779745403321

Autore

Johnson Harry G (Harry Gordon), <1923-1977.>

Titolo

Essays in monetary economics [[electronic resource] ] . Volume 3 / Harry G. Johnson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2013

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-203-64020-9

1-134-62356-9

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (341 p.)

Collana

Collected works of Harry G. Johnson

Disciplina

332.4/01

Soggetti

Money

Monetary policy

Fiscal policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published 1967"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; INTRODUCTION TO  SECOND EDITION ; PREFACE; Table of Contents; PART ONE: MONETARY THEORY; I. Monetary Theory and Policy; II. Recent Developments in Monetary Theory; III. A Survey of Theories of Inflation; IV. Money in a Neo-Classical One-Sector Growth Model; V. Notes on the Theory of Transactions Demand for Cash; APPENDIX TO CHAPTER V; A Practical Application; PART TWO: MONETARY AND FISCAL POLICY ISSUES IN NORTH AMERICA; VI. Alternative Guiding Principles for Monetary Policy in Canada

VII. Major Issues in Monetary and Fiscal Policy in the United StatesPART THREE: MONETARY AND FISCAL PROBLEMS OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; VIII. Fiscal Policy and the Balance of Payments in a Growing Economy; IX. Is Inflation the Inevitable Price of Rapid Development or a Retarding Factor in Economic Growth?; X. International Monetary Reform and the Less Developed Countries; APPENDIX TO CHAPTER X;  Mathematical Appendix on Commodity Reserve Money; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

<P>Reprinting the second edition (which included a new introduction explaining developments which had emerged since first publication)



this book discusses explorations in the fundamental theory of a monetary economy, a theoretical critique of the 'Phillips Curve' approach to the theory of inflation and the theory of the term structure of interest rates in terms of the theory of forward markets pioneered by David Meiselman. </P><P></P>